The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 70
70. Essence of Islam-IV him, so that people should realize that grace rests with God; He bestows it upon whomsoever He wills. . If I say all this on my own then I am a liar, but if. God bears witness to my truth with His signs, then denying me would be contrary to righteousness. [Haqiqat-ul-Waḥi, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 157-158]. I proclaim on the basis of Divine revelation that I am the one who was to come. Whoever wishes, can demand from me proof of my truthfulness according to the manner in which God Almighty has always proved the truthfulness of the Prophetsas. [Malfūzāt, vol. 4, p. 39]. I swear by Him in Whose hand is my life, that my. God has honoured me with certain and absolute converse, and this is a daily occurrence. I find that the. God Who was adjured by Jesus the Messiah as in the words: "Why hast Thou forsaken me?" has not forsaken me. Like the Messiahas, I too have been attacked many times, but my enemies have always been frustrated. A conspiracy was hatched to have me hanged but my God delivered me at the time of every trial, and I was not put on the cross like the. Messiahs. He has shown many great miracles in my support and has exhibited His mighty power to the same purpose. Through thousands of signs, He has proved to me that He is the same God Who revealed the Qur'an and sent the Holy Prophetsa. I do not see how Jesus, the Messiahas, is to be preferred to me in any way. As God's word descended upon him, so it has descended upon me, and I do find myself blessed